Laptops got a lot of love from Apple
The company updated its entire notebook lineup while introducing an entirely new model of MacBook Pro featuring a lustworthy Retina display for the first time ever on a Mac. The rest of the families just got incremental spec bumps while retaining familiar form factors.
Heading into the event, there were rumors that Apple would also include its desktops in the refresh, but there was little to no news to report on that front. Apple quietly upgraded the Intel
Current iMac (2011) lineup. Source: Apple.
The New York Times says these product families are probably set for a major redesign next year and new models might be released in 2013. With the introduction of a Retina display on a Mac, you can obviously expect that feature to creep throughout the rest of Apple's Mac lineup, although the biggest constraint will be the displays themselves.
Assuming that Apple sticks with its practice of doubling pixel resolutions as it's done with every Retina display so far, that would put a 27-inch iMac's resolution at 5120 x 2880, or more than 14.7 million pixels. That's absurd.
Device |
Resolution |
Pixels |
---|---|---|
1080p HDTV | 1920 x 1080 | 2,073,600 |
MacBook Pro with Retina display | 2880 x 1800 | 5,184,000 |
21.5-inch iMac with Retina display | 3840 x 2160 (estimated) | 8,294,400 (estimated) |
27-inch iMac with Retina display | 5120 x 2880 (estimated) | 14,745,600 (estimated) |
That's more than seven times as many pixels in a standard 1080p HDTV, and almost three times as many in the new MacBook Pro. Overkill would be an understatement, but this is where the industry is headed. Microsoft
Beyond displays, I'd also expect the new desktops to carry NVIDIA's
Sorry, Mac desktop users. You're going to have to wait a little while longer.
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